Litigation Workshop: Taking Cases to the European Court of Human Rights
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Subject: Litigation Workshop: Taking Cases to the European Court of Human Rights
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Litigation Workshop: Taking Cases to the European Court of
Human Rights
LITIGATION WORKSHOP
TAKING CASES TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, in co-operation with the
International Center for the Legal Protection of Human Rights
(INTERIGHTS), London, and the Constitutional and Legal Policy
Institute, affiliated with the Open Society Institute, Budapest
(COLPI), organizes an Interactive Litigation Training Workshop on the
European Convention for Human Rights for human rights lawyers from
Albania, Bulgaria, FR Yugoslavia, FYR Macedonia and Moldova.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 May 2002.
DATES OF THE WORKSHOP: 10 - 14 July 2002.
DURATION: 5 full days
LOCATION: Sofia, Bulgaria
WORKING LANGUAGE: English
EXPENSES: Travel and accommodation will be covered by COLPI, Budapest.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: The training will consist of lectures on rights
guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and
interactive group work based on the consideration of hypothetical
cases before the European Court of Human Rights. The training will
focus on building practical skills for selecting cases of human rights
victims with potential for international litigation and representing
those victims before the European Court of Human Rights. Participants
are expected to have basic knowledge of international human rights
law. Training methods will make extensive use of active individual
participation, with the help of moderators. The workshop will focus on
Articles 6, 8, 13, 14 and Article 1 of Protocol 1 ECHR.
This training workshop is part of a two-year project implemented by
the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and supported by COLPI, Budapest. As
a part of the project, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, in
co-operation with INTERIGHTS, will offer ongoing litigation support in
the form of advice, research and drafting of documents for the
duration of the project to participating lawyers and their
organizations. There will be an opportunity for selected participants
to take part in a two-week training seminar focusing on issues of
non-discrimination and minority rights under EU law and the ECHR, to
be conducted in June of 2003 by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and
INTERIGHTS in the Netherlands.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Applications are solicited from litigating human
rights lawyers from Albania, Bulgaria, FR Yugoslavia, FYR Macedonia
and Moldova, affiliated with human rights NGOs. Applicants should
submit a cover letter and a CV by May 15, 2002. A letter of
recommendation from the affiliated NGO will be an advantage. The
number of participants is limited to 20.
Selected candidates will be notified by June 1, 2002.
CONTACT PERSON: Margarita Ilieva
Legal Advisor
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
E-mail: [email protected]
7 Varbitsa Street, 1504 Sofia BULGARIA
tel./fax: ++ 359 2 943 48 76, ++ 359 2 46 55 25
website: www.bghelsinki.org
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, a member of the International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, is an independent human rights
group, promoting individual rights and the rule of law in a democratic
state. Among the Committee's activities is strategic human rights
litigation before domestic and international fora alike, with a
special focus on proceedings before the European Court of Human
Rights. The Committee has won three individual cases before the
European Court of Human Rights bringing about significant changes in
domestic legislation and practice, notably in the fields of freedom of
religion, freedom and security of person, right to life and access to
court.
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